Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Cottage Garden vs. American Farmhouse Garden

Moving from cottage garden to historic American Farmhouse architecture garden has, in less than 2 weeks, taught much.
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One lesson, after moving team finished near midnight, was apparent at first light.
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Cottage garden accouterments, though loved & used for decades, are not at home in their new garden.  In fact, they are cringe inducing.  Go me not knowing this, indeed.

that is probably the back door, but I like it as a front door too!    Gil Schafer in The Great American House via Velvet and Linen

Yesterday I had unexpected resources in Beloved's team of men & trucks.
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Pallets were loaded with 'keepers' and Beloved moved them with his Caterpillar under an old oak, no weeds/grass, near a fence line, trucks were loaded & driven to Goodwill.
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Wish I had not moved the cottage garden accouterments here.  Yet, if anyone had said at the front end, 'Don't take your entire cottage garden', I would have scoffed, and moved everything anyway.
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What a difference daylight makes.
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Garden & Be Well,    XO Tara
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Pic via Gil Schafer.

9 comments:

  1. AND you saw that on the first light of your first day in the NEW OLD HOUSE!
    BRAVA...........somethings just need to be changed up a bit!I have no doubt YOU will MAKE this new GARDEN your OWN!
    XX

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  2. So interesting. Cottage garden leans feminine, farmhouse design leans masculine. Cottage scale is small, farmhouse scale is large. I suspect you'll find the change refreshing.

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  3. interesting. i am sure the same could be said of the inside furniture too. what looked good in one house doesn't always in the new, BUT sometimes - a lot of times - furniture looks BETTER in the new house because you look at it with new eyes.

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  4. Yes! I am going through the same process of discovery in the1750s farmhouse home and garden we just moved into. Please share your discoveries of what does end up working! I'm at a loss!

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  5. How blessed you are ... to have your Beloved, who brings trucks and men and a Caterpillar to the plate!!

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  6. Oh - I am going to learn so much from you! 5 1/2 years ago we moved from a cottage garden to a farmhouse among the trees. Very little landscaping has been done - - - only a ton of pea gravel and many more tons needed around the house.

    I am anxious to see what you do!

    Vera - - -

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  7. I would not have known cottage vs. farmhouse without seeing your visual...and that morning light is so fine! There's a certain solidity in that scene.

    Enjoying the comments before mine...

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  8. The gardens of Albert Hadley's Connecticut home come to mind. The best photos I saw of it were by the late Jim Bleuer for Garden Design.

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  9. Oh, to have been at Goodwill when your cottage garden accruements were put out for sale!

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